Food Price Survey

DanGeneral, This Land of Ours

…dropped. “Through the mid-1970s, farmers received about one-third of consumer retail food expenditures for food eaten at home and away from home, on average. Since then, that figure has decreased…

China Takes Step to Approve CA Strawberries

Taylor HillmanSpecialty Crops

…for strawberries. China has significant domestic strawberry production, but their season usually ends during the month of May; just as the Chinese season ends, California is reaching peak production.  …

CA Farmers Achieve More Air Quality Gains

Taylor HillmanEnvironment

Although California continues to cope with some of the Nation’s most compromised air quality, farmers continued to reduce emissions from their operations in 2015. During 2015, California’s farmers, working with…

Challenges With ILRP Reporting

Taylor HillmanEnvironment, Water

…Reporting The East San Joaquin County Water Quality Coalition has an April 1 deadline to submit nitrogen reporting for the ILRP. Stanislaus County Farm Bureau Executive Director Wayne Zipser says…

Agri View: Pigweed Research

DanAgri View, Environment

…leaf amaranths of other regions, it has not been cultivated or further improved by recent agricultural breeding. As a result, the primary economic importance of Palmer amaranth to American farmers…

Lettuce Research Grant

DanIndustry News Release, Specialty Crops

…lettuce production,” Still says. Still wants to improve upon particular genetic traits in lettuce. For example, developing seeds that germinate under stress, such as heat or increased salinity, will help…

Agri View: New Cash Crop

DanAgri View, Specialty Crops

…crop which is grown for sale to return a profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm. The term cash crop is applied exclusively to the agricultural…